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Monthly Archives: May 2011
May 27th, 2011
Everyone needs new skills: So How Do You get them?
You may not like it but you could have skills that are no longer needed in the workplace – and the workplace continually changes.
With technological advances, even the skills you develop today could be useless tomorrow. While there are jobs out there that can’t be automated like gardening, or pastry chef, or chef, most others [...]
May 25th, 2011
Keep office supply costs in line - Save a Job!
How many pens do you actually need in just how many cups on your desk? You mostly use the computer, so why all the pens? And, do you really need more than one dish for paper-clips, and one for binder clips, and another for rubber bands?
And, while we’re at it, how much stuff to you [...]
May 24th, 2011
Make people laugh: A few pointers
A tried and true way to win friends is to make people laugh. A good joke is a good start, but telling a joke well takes skill.
You can learn by following this advice:
Know your joke thoroughly.
Memorize your joke so you don’t forget important details. Going back in mid-joke (“Oh, I forgot, there’s a [...]
May 23rd, 2011
Can Bourbon Ruin a Laptop?
It depends on if the laptop wants to be ruined, I guess.
Afternoon flight from New Orleans to Los Angeles.
4 hour flight.
Bourbon street is filled with titties, poodies, and wienies.
Frenchman street is filled with bad poets and pretty bad musicians.
The flight is filled with 6 babies – all around my “points-paid-for flight”
Can Bourbon ruin a laptop? [...]
May 20th, 2011
Arnold, Tiger and Dom – on TV – Live!
A PANEL DISCUSSION. ARNOLD AND TIGER ARE THERE IN PERSON. TIGER IN A RED GOLF SHIRT. ARNOLD IS WEARING A T-SHIRT WITH FAKE MUSCLES PAINTED ON IT. DOM IS ON A LITTLE SCREEN DIRECT FROM JAIL.
ARNOLD
I feel very badly for Maria and my kids. I have apologized to everyone I know and am very very [...]
May 18th, 2011
I hate failing!
I can’t handle failure very well. It keeps me down for a long time. I know I turn red and everyone is staring at me. Then I eat beer nuts. I want to curl up and hide. Help me.
Wow, this is a new one on me. While I would think failure is hard for anyone, [...]
May 17th, 2011
That’s not what I said
I hear it daily
Sometimes hourly
Always from the same people
Always about them doing something
Then not doing something
People commit to doing things for you
To take some of the heat off you
Then when you call them on it
“That’s not what I said”
“Well, ok, what then, did you say?”
Pause
And, that’s how it goes
People commit
You count on them
They let you [...]
May 16th, 2011
Bring passion back into your job!
Have you lost the fire and passion that fueled you when you first began your career?
Did you ever have fire and passion for your job?
You know the feeling – like laying out new clothes before the school year starts. It’s like the smell of your new school supplies; the plastic of the binder, the [...]
